Nikita Koloff on Big Van Vader
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2018
- Nikita Koloff on Big Van Vader
Legendary WCW/NWA/AWA competitor "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff talks about the rumors that recently passed legendary wrestler Big Van Vader caused his retirement from wrestling. Koloff explains that the retirement was his choice due to a number of reasons including a Loyds of London Insurance payout.
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The mid 80s was the high point for the us title....the Nikita-Magnum feud was incredible
Jeff Wilson Yes, Sir! One of my all-time favorite feuds in wrestling.
The NWA was on fire at that point!
Steve Smith Yes, Sir, it was! Miss those days so much, man.
nwa was the best!
Don't forget Tully and Dusty being in that picture at the same time.
It's funny hearing Nikita talking with a fake American accent.
It's just like a Russian to pretend to be American after his wrestling career has ended.
Lol
Nelson Scott Simpson
Born March 9 1959
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wow. Never heard him speak outside of wrestling before. Mind blowing
Rotflmao @ litehouse6 - Eric Dale
😮 Unbelievable, especially as a kid, Nikita & Ivan Koloff were one of the scariest looking tag teams... My mom ALWAYS bought me a copy of "Pro Wrestling Illustrated" and I was able to follow their wrestling careers. Truly... One of the classic monster tag teams, like EVER!! 👊👊
Now, sadly all those guys are gone, obviously most recently, Animal. I grew up watching these guys. They were an inspiration to me. I'm 52 yrs. old, 5'8' and 250 lbs., still have 18" arms, 50" chest, 28" quads. And can still run around 20 minutes a day. All thanks to the inspiration from everyone he mentioned. Thanks to Nikita and all of those that are gone now. And thanks Hannibal for this interview!!
I was 17 in 1985 and remember watching Nikita Koloff and NWA on Saturday Mornings in the New York area and these men gave me so much enjoyment that I could never properly thank them! It was so good that when the hour was over I could not wait till the next Saturday, thats how great Mid-south Wrestling was in those days. Devon the Hannibal does it again! Thank you, Hannibal, another great interview, and Nikita is a great guy too!
Rick W Wow! You just made some memories come back.
I was 19 in ‘85 and loved watching any wrestling I could. Having grown up in the NYC area, I would even watch the wrestling on Telemundo. The announcers on Telemundo, who at the time I didn’t understand, spoke with such energy that it made even more exciting.
The 70s and 80s were a great time for wrestling, especially the promos...
Yes thats right Telemundo on channel 47 I believe on Monday nights and I remember the interviewer speaking in spanish and the wrestlers talking in english, and thank you for that memory
I emailed Nikita in 2001 to thank him for all he went through and all that he contributed, and was blown away that he actually responded. He is a gentleman, and an all around decent human being from I remember of our correspondence.
I know right I wish it was 1985 right now miss those days think about it everyday
Nikita, one of the all time Greats, I Cry For Magnum TA
I never had that particular issue of Wrestling '87 but, I've always wanted that one. Still do, actually.
Seems like a real good guy. Keep em coming, Hannibal!
Its still down right FREAKY hearing him speak english
David Frederick it was for me too when I met him I can't remember the exact year though
... and with a normal, non-growling voice, too!
He always spoke English.
What a solid guy. Big props to one great heel during the Cold War. Us old timers remember that heat with the USSR back in the day. Kids nowadays have no clue what heat the Koloffs brought.
I've always liked Koloff to stay in character for all his career and to hear his real voice is great
So glad to hear you had the foresight to see the big picture when you were younger and it work out well for you too. I just wish it would have work out better for Rick Rudd and some of the others who passed away so early.
The Russian Nightmare as opposed to The American Dream...I'm glad I grew up in the 80's with wrestling. The old NWA and WCW were on TBS and I always watched it every week. So many wrestlers are gone now, but they will always live on in my memory and be a part of my life.
Nikita is at most a class act. I've met him a few times great guy.
In his book, Joe Laurinaitis, Animal of the Road Warriors, said Nikita Koloff (Scott Simpson) was his real life best friend dating back to high school in Minnesota.
Nikita is a very positive person.
I remember him hitting sting with the russian chain. Sting and lex vs the stiners.
I was visiting family and wrestling was on tv and it wasn't the WWF. I asked who was on the television cutting a promo and how come I never saw him in the WWF.
I was informed, it wasn't the WWF but the NWA. I never heard of the NWA before and was in awe of what the wrestler I never seen before.
Suddenly, the camera view zoomed out and there was another, huge wrestler standing behind the wrestler who was cutting the promo.
I asked who these wrestlers were and my Aunt told me it was Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff.
This was right after Magnum T.A.'s accident.
I was hooked to the NWA and will forever be a fan of NWA/JCP as well as Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff.
Congratulations to Cody for winning the NWA World's Championship @AllIn
Same happened to me.
TG Stewart We always loved Sting, Flair and Tatanka as kids.
I used to watch you in my youth. I'm 55 now and never knew that you are such a cool guy!
Biggest heel in the 1980s. Unreal how this nice guy was so hated!
Love listening to this guy talk !
Big Van Vader was one scary individual 😳
Good job Tim!
Kudos to Tim!
Good wrestling interview
Cool guy as are many of the midwest wrestlers.
Cool Interview with Nikita Koloff
He is still alive so he made the right call.
Nikita and the road warriors were all from Minnesota
Right on
If yall dont know where im from the carolinas, fayetteville we use to get house shows like every month, i have like multiple pics and autographs from him and ivan, they use to come to walmart all the time before it was a supercenter, dope
I would love to get Nikita to come and speak to our church
That would be awesome
Loved your gimmicks and your career, Glad you came to Lord
On that match at Halloween Havoc, that lariat was painful to watch.
Damn feels weird hearing him speak English
Any shoots on the legendary Mil Mascaras ? Why not ?
He’s a pos who wouldn’t sell for anybody
80s wrestling. Never be anything like it again!
The best
For shure wow 34 years omg injuries.
Does Tim do investments for Marks too? Because I live in the Northern Suburbs, kind of. 🙂
Fooled me my whole life 👉😂😂 Great acting for real lol has to be the greatest character in wrestling history bc he fooled us all 👏👏👏👏 BRAVO!!!
I drove this guy back to his hotel room from Hara Arena back in the late eighties. He is a very nice person, very friendly. LOL what was funny was he was at the gym ( Muscle World ) with Hulk Hogan, Deno Bravo and Brutus the Barber Beefcake. They took off without him so he needed a ride.
I’ve long wondered who on earth introduced all the 90’s wrestlers to Lloyd’s of London lol now we know!!!
Neck injuries are a problem in wrestling. Austin and Nikita retired from a neck injury.
Taz too.
Actually Nikita had Slipped Disk in his Neck . And did come back when he
Actually Nikita had Slipped Dick in his Neck and did come back for a While when he Cost Sting and Lexi Lugar The Tag Team Titles from either The Road Warriors or The Steiner Brothers .
I used to be scared of him when I was a kid. So glad he was able to retire and move on and stay healthy.
Be cool to bring Nikita back as an onscreen mentor or manager of a heel turn Rusev.
Uncle Nikita ala how Uncle Ivan was booked.
He is managing two guys now and being called "Uncle Nikita", you predicted it!!!
100%
He has a intense look in his eyes
It's almost impossible to visualize the young Nikita speaking with this voice. Now he has the football coach vibe going on.
Very smart
Lots of sport players end up broke
Nikita you still look Bad-Ass!!!
I always wondered what Koloff's nationality really was. Sounds like he's from the Midwest or some other biting part of the country, lol.. The last time I remember seeing him wrestle he had turned babyface and was teaming up with Sting. I wanna say that was in the early 90's.
*boring
He's from Minnesota
Nikita Koloff here looks like he can easily audition for and get the role for a " Mr. Clean " commercial.
Is Forrest Gump conducting the interview?
sounds like Gump, looks like General Zod
@@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 😅😅😅
Then again COULD be your mother with a mouth 👄 full of Food
Big fan but I still can NOT understand why he changed his name!🤦🏽♂️
Should have went to WWF and teamed with Adam Bomb as the Nuclear Powers
Had no idea wrestlers insured their bodies...
It was only a temporary thing that ended because of too many wrestlers cashing in on it. Wrestlers get a lot of bad injuries.
It's too risky to insure wrestlers
deezz iz no Nakeeta.....deezz iz insurance salesman
Nikita's voice is a dead ringer for Ken Shamrock, even certain mannerisms.
I can't imagine Vader hurt ya. He's the king of mauling guys that are acting. In a business where the good wrestlers are good because they are capable of not hurting you in the process. Vader was a reckless bully....
He injured himself lifting vader lol
@2:01 EVERY CONTACT SPORT ATHLETE RISKS PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THEIR BODY EACH TIME THEY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR SPORT. I MEAN REAL CONTACT ATHLETES. RUGBY, MMA, BOXING, AND YES EVEN STAGED WRESTLING. SO I DONT BUY THIS PART THAT YOU WERE SUDDENLY WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE INJURY.
I bet he was helping his brother in law move a fridge and he tweaked his neck!
Then just stayed quiet about it, show up to work the next day and claim the injury happened in the ring.!
I watch a lot of Perry Mason! 😊
Nakita kolof vs Rick Flair steel cage
Open stadium..........the Nature Boy arrives in a helicopter
As Jr says......it was a real slobbernocker
WTF!!!!! HES AMERICAN
Disappointing to hear these guys talk differently than how I heard them as wrestlers.They were always fake characters.
Not all fake characters. Some guys were themselves
He could have been more if he was allowed to dump the horrible Russian accent and just be himself.
He does a great fake russian. Accent🤣
Wow. Nikita sounds weak. Hogan lifted up Vader so many times and did not wine. Nikita sounds like he should wear a dress
hate break the news to nikita the goof but he was not as popular as he thought he was ivan koloff was but not nikita bit nikita was charismatic
Forgot being the key word. You're obviously a knuckledragging moron. He just said in this video he was aware there wasn't going to be a lot of hoopla for his retirement. Truth is, everyone has heard of Nikita. No one has heard of you. You could fade into a wall and no one would notice. Doubt you will ever be interviewed on video. Why are you even here? I personally enjoy watching the people I saw on TV when I was kid. If this guy pisses you off so bad, why watch? Idiot.
I can only say this. I personally preferred Nikita to Uncle Ivan. That is just me though.
fuck you sissy boy still here jerkoff
Ivan was a top performer in the 70s and 80s. Headliner. Nikita was a guy who got a push right off the bat. He never had to pay his dues, so to speak. If you lived in the Southeast you would be more familiar with him.
Nikita was hugely popular in the late 80's early 90's